[Fr. allégresse, n. of state f. allègre:—L. alácrem for álacrem, acc. of alacer brisk, sprightly: see ALACRITY and -ESSE.] Gaiety, gladsomeness.
1652. Urquhart, Jewel, Wks. 1834, 223. They raised their shouts of allegress up to the very heavens.
1853. Miss E. S. Sheppard, Ch. Auchester, III. 170. He … glanced into the room with an air of allegresse to bid me adieu.
1878. J. Payne, Lautrec. Hymning the golden allegresse Of wedded love.
